Tommy Miller says Sunderland will show no fear when they go to Anfield tomorrow.

The Black Cats travel to Merseyside to take on Champions League winners Liverpool aiming to get last Saturday's opening-day defeat against Charlton out of their system.

Liverpool started their league campaign with a 0-0 draw at Middlesbrough and Miller knows Rafa Benitez's Reds will be keen to win their first home game in the Premiership.

But the midfielder insists Sunderland will not just go there to shut up shop.

Miller said: "We've got Liverpool coming up and people will see that as a daunting prospect but we can't go there fearing them - we have to go and do our best to beat them.

"We have to match them and stop them from playing.

"They are a massive club and they won the Champions League last season so we know how good they are.

"When we go there we have to be positive, get stuck in, get at them and hopefully get a couple of goals and take the game to them.

"You can't go to Anfield and hope to defend for 90 minutes because Liverpool have enough quality to break you down."

Miller has played at Anfield twice before - both times for Ipswich Town in 2002 - and he has mixed memories of his encounters with the Reds.

He said: "My last Premiership game before this season was at Anfield for Ipswich on the last day of the 2001-02 season and we went there and lost 5-0, but I'm sure there will be no repeat of that!

"I've played there a couple of times, actually, and after that defeat in the Premiership we went back there in the Coca-Cola Cup the following season and I scored in front of the Kop, which was one of my proudest moments, although we lost in a penalty shoot-out in the end."

Anfield is likely to be sold out but Miller is convinced Sunderland will not be overawed.

He said: "The hairs on the back of your neck stand up when you are in the tunnel and you see the `Welcome to Anfield' sign and you hear the fans sing `You'll Never Walk Alone'.

"It'll be an unbelievable atmosphere and playing there is something you have to look forward to."